Suffragan Bishop, Julian Johnson, who is also a representative of the P.A.W in the Americas, is leading a 35 men high powered American delegation to Liberia. Members of the delegation are to attend the 94th annual Convention of Liberia West African Council (35 Episcopal District) Pentecostal Assemblies of the World (PAW) at the Miracle Praise and Worship Center, J.J.Y Community, Gardnerville, Monrovia, Liberia. The 35 men high powered American delegation, include medical doctors, instructor, nurses, counselors, social workers, and evangelists. They are currently in the country, and have already begun participating in series of activities including reaching, teaching, training and evangelism, as well as an open-air Block Street party of community dwellers at the headquarters church on Front Street, Central Monrovia. On Tuesday, March 3, 2026, during the opening of the convention, the Diocesan Bishop of the (of the 35 Episcopal District of PAW), Bishop Leo M. Simpson, announced the theme: “And They Continue Daily in With One Accord,” taken from Acts 2;46-7, which he said, was selected with the aim to awaken the spirits of pastors, church leaders, and workers for the growth of the ministry. Simpson said, emphasis will be lay on the receiving of the Holy Ghost, and speaking in tongues as was in the day of the Pentecost. Those expected to attend the convention, according to Bishop Simpson, are 11 local branch churches during the week-long gathering. He said, the more than 35 Men team will visit the Samuel Grimes Rehabilitation Center for at-risk youth in Kakata; Bong Mines Road as form its opening last year the first batch of victims will be certificated. Bishop Simpson said, the issues of drugs and substance abuse in the county, is prevalent and as a result, the Pentecostal Assemblies of the World Incorporated decided to establish the center to buttress government’s effort in combating the menace that has overwhelmed the country’s young people. The visiting American team will conduct teaching seasons at the Haywood Mission Institute, and support staffs. The 94th annual convention of the Pentecostal Assemblies of the World head in Liberia, earlier welcomed the visitors and all members’ churches. He prayed that everyone will have a wonderful, and leave a feeling that it was good for them to be at the 93rd P.A.W Convention. Bishop Simpson was appointed by the board of Bishop in 2017, as the Diocesan/Resident Bishop of the Liberian West African Council (35th Episcopal District) Pentecostal Assemblies of the World Inc.
In 1984, he was also appointed by the members of the foreign mission department, P.A.W. Inc. as the Administrative Director of the Samuel Grimes memorial Institute, P.A.W Inc, Bong Mines, Kakata, Margibi County.